New Haarlem..What do you get from it?

Me personally I get a sweetish coffee+lavender..First time I tried it, it made me think of CK Eternity (not the coffee, but the sweetness)..I don't really get chocolate from it. The smell reminds of when you spill coffee with sugar on something, and it dries. Or the smell of a coffee jug you drank coffee with sugar in and has not been washed.

Also how's the longevity on you. On me it's good, not perfect but good.

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I'm a big fan of this stuff. Bergamot, lavender, greens and roasted coffee beans are blended together in a very sumptuous accord. It's really not sweet enough to be a gourmand.
These days, Coffee is its own separate genre. But eventually, NH dissolves into a rather dull fougere, but the acrid coffee note is brill!
Bond should have called this one Seattle.

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My favorite Bond - it's sort of like Rochas Man on steroids. Lavender, coffee, and cocoa. I find it to be rich and intense, my favorite of the few coffee fragrances I have. I agree it's not quite gourmand, but it has gourmand touches. On me longevity is pretty good - around 8 hours total. I also agree with Ruggles that the drydown isn't anything special, just a fade-out of the central accord.

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I absolutely love it - my favorite coffee characterized scent - it's warm and comforting. I get the coffee, some chocolate, plus just that light touch of lavender to keep it bright. Well done, Maurice.

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I am not a very big fan of lavender, but I love this one.
I can relate to brianroy's comment about spilling coffee on your shirt. I had not make the connection but it smells like my shirt after a big spillage of coffee with flavored cream. My shirt was ruined, but I smelled delicious all day.

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For some reason I get an almost sour cheese note opening, but it doesn't last long. The first time I sprayed this on, it reminded me of something, but I couldn't recall what. Then it hit me, Bavarian Nuts! There is this mall I visit sometimes when I go to my usual vacation spot. For years, they have had this same little Bavarian Nut stand parked inside the store and every time I pass it, the scent is great, but I never stopped to try them. This fragrance strongly reminded me of that.

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What a great scent. I get a plate of waffles covered in brown sugar and maple syrup and an espresso. I love this one but I have to say that I recently purchased Blue Sugar for £4.95 (50ml) and honestly, there is very little difference between the two. Sure, it's obvious that NH is higher quality, but not to the tune of £130 more!

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Interesting - my nose nearly always agrees with Jack about fragrances, but we totally diverge here. I don't get much sweetness from NH, just a mapley coffee note that I find quite pleasant. I don't find it sickening in the least, and it's really one of my favorites (for example, I like it much more than Rochas Man, which it slightly resembles). And it gets an above average number of female compliments.

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For me it starts off syrupy sweet but dies down into a really nice blend of coffee and some spices with the syrup very faint in the background. Only tested it a couple of times since I got my sample in so this is subject to change a little once I get to know it more.

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Fudge? Really? I don't get any chocolate from New Haarlem. Each nose is different, I suppose. I honestly don't have any idea what you mean by saying NH "lacked trait."

I wouldn't take too much notice of anything said in Dudester's post, Barclaydetolly, as he constantly contradicts himself. He said the other day that he wanted a scent that smelt like fudge and now professes to hate NH, which he thinks has that aura. I wouldn't usually be so blunt, but the guy's a f*cking idiot.

Re: New Haarlem..What do you get from it?

Originally Posted by Kevin Guyer

I'm a big fan of this stuff. Bergamot, lavender, greens and roasted coffee beans are blended together in a very sumptuous accord. It's really not sweet enough to be a gourmand.
These days, Coffee is its own separate genre. But eventually, NH dissolves into a rather dull fougere, but the acrid coffee note is brill!
Bond should have called this one Seattle.

Haha. +1 to Seattle comment, and to the greatness of this fragrance. However I would still personally label this a gourmand. It's certainly a sweeter coffee fragrance than say, Pure Coffee.